Downwood

Perhaps this was the sensation that the Downwood girls had experienced, when they blamed her for not understanding their slang.

Two Selves 1923

Most of the girls at Downwood for instance, were born old.

Two Selves 1923

But Downwood was a memory two years old and her soul was no further.

Two Selves 1923

At any rate Millicent had missed even the rough indifference to everything that had given Downwood a slight value.

Two Selves 1923

And, after Downwood, Nancy could not risk refusal of her requests.

Two Selves 1923

She enjoyed the chance to sit there; to question Miss Cape, wonder of what world she came and why she seemed more interesting than the Downwood girls or Millicent or Mrs. Lodge.

Two Selves 1923

"Funny to think they will read this up at Downwood in another fifty years."

Two Selves 1923

It was the lack of organization that had made Downwood so terrible.

Two Selves 1923

And the shock of Downwood had stunted her; she was growing crooked.

Two Selves 1923

Rebellion seemed vain, and by this time she had become as much of a machine as was possible to her, for she tried not to think at Downwood.

DEVELOPMENT A NOVEL BY W. BRYHER WITH A PREFACE BY AMY LOWELL 1920